Artifice Quote by James Joyce

Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality. It speaks of what seems…

— James Joyce

What! Would you make no distinction between hypocrisy and devotion? Would you give them the same names, and respect the mask as you do…

— Moliere

The younger and healthier a woman is and the more her new and glossy body seems destined for eternal freshness, the less useful is…

— Simone de Beauvoir

By the word simplicity, is not always meant folly or ignorance; but often, pure and upright Nature, free from artifice, craft or deceitful ornament.

— Benjamin Franklin

If a close examination of the evidences of Christianity may be expected of one class of men more than another, it would seem incumbent…

— Simon Greenleaf

Each day is a miracle that intoxicates me. I want more. I greet every morning like a new pleasure. And yet I am keenly…

— Malika Oufkir

The girl in the mirror caught my eye briefly...It is an uncanny feeling, that rare occasion when one catches a glimpse of oneself in…

— Kate Morton

Cupid is naked and does not like artifices contrived by beauty.

— Propertius

Being blond is definitely a different state of mind. I can't really put my finger on it, but the artifice of being blond has…

— Madonna Ciccone

But since the Modernists (as they are commonly and rightly called) employ a very clever artifice, namely, to present their doctrines without order and…

— Pope Pius X

Holidays are in no sense an alternative to the congestion and bustle of the cities and work. Quite the contrary. People look to escape…

— Jean Baudrillard

Films are artifice. We're telling stories on film. At the same time, when it works, there is a real tough immediacy and spontaneity to…

— Paul McGann